Aquatic ecosystems [[electronic resource] /] / Sheila A. Browne, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.6
• Soggetto topico: Aquatic ecology; Aquatic biodiversity
• Altri autori: BrowneSheila A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 ASSEMBLAGES OF ZOOSPORIC TRUE FUNGI, HETEROTROPHIC STRAMINIPILES AND PLASMODIOPHORIDS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PHYLOGENY -- DISTRIBUTION AND BIOGEOGRAPHY -- ECOLOGICAL ROLES -- Role in Food Webs -- Saprobes -- (i) Degradation of Cellulose Debris: Relative Importance in Decomposition of Leaves -- (ii) Degradation of Chitin and Keratin Substrates -- Parasites -- Mutualists -- Zoospores as Food Sources -- Diversity -- Diversity Associated with Environmental and Biological Factors -- (i) Environmental Factors -- Temporal Fluctuations: Diurnal -- Temporal Fluctuations: Seasonal -- Spatial Distribution -- (ii) Biological Factors -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH: A REVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- CONCEPT AND DEFINITION -- WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS CONCEPT OF ECO- SYSTEM HEALTH? -- ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL POLICY -- ON THE PRETEXT OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH UNDERSTANDING ECOSYSTEM CONCEPT -- 1. Model of Succession-to-Climax -- 2. Multiple Equilibria and Resilience in Non-Linear Dynamics -- 3. The Population Community Interaction or Diversity-Stability Model -- 4. Self-Organisation, Emergence and Thermodynamics -- 5. The Use of Emergy, Exergy and Ascendancy in Ecosystem Model to Assess the Health -- 6. Order, Chaos and Complexity -- 7. Model of Adaptive Cycle -- 8. Catastrophes, Bifurcations and Uncertainty -- 9. PSER Model -- 10. DPSEEA Model -- 11. Butterfly and Prism Models -- 12. MA Framework Model -- ECOLOGICAL RISK, RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT -- Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) -- Problem Formulation -- Endpoints Assessment -- Conceptual Model -- Analysis Plan -- Risk Characterization -- Risk Estimation. ; Ecological Risk Management (ERM) -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 THE EUTROPHICATION OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS: CAUSES, EFFECTS AND REHABILITATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HISTORY OF EUTROPHICATION -- 3. LAKES EVOLUTIONS -- 4. SOURCES OF LAKE EUTROPHICATION PROBLEMS -- 5. STAGES OF THE EUTROPHICATION PROCESS -- 6. CONSEQUENCES OF EUTROPHICATION OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- 7. EUTRPHICATION PREVENTION AND CONTROL -- 8. TECHNIQUES FOR RESTORATION OF EUTROPHIC AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- 8.1. Precipitation and Inactivation of Phosphorus -- Applicability -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Conclusion -- 8.2. Sediment Removal -- Applicability -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- 8.3. Dilution -- Applicability -- Disadvantages -- 8.4. Artificial Circulation -- Applicability -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- 8.5. Hypolimnion Aeration -- Applicability -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- 8.6. Biomanipulation -- Applicability -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 PECULIARITIES OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS FUNCTIONING WITH ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT: (THERMODYNAMIC ASPECT) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 CYCLIC RECURRENCE OF INTRARESERVOIR PROCESSES WHEN ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT OCCURS ON FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. OPTICAL MODEL FOR THE CALCULATION OF SPECTRA OF BRIGHTNESS COEFFICIENTS OF RADIATION UPWELLING FROM WATER -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL AND MODEL SPECTRA OF BC -- 3. DETERMINATIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPACES OF OPTICAL IMAGES -- 4. CYCLIC RECURRENCE OF INTRARESERVOIR PROCESSES INFERRED FROM REMOTE SENSING SPECTROMETRY IN EUTROPHIC RESERVOIR AND MODEL ECOSYSTEMS -- 5. ECOLOGICAL HYSTERESIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. ; Chapter 6 CHANGE OF BIODIVERSITY OF SUBARCTIC FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS: CASE STUDY RUSSIAN NORTH-WEST REGION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTS AND METHODS -- THE BRIEF CHARACTERISTIC OF NATURAL STRUCTURE OF FLORA AND FAUNA -- TOXIC IMPACTS -- EUTROPHICATION -- THERMAL POLLUTION -- ACIDIFICATION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: Aquatic ecosystems
• ISBN: 1-62081-487-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821173603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Marine biology (New York (N.Y.)); Environmental science, engineering and technology series.